Evidence of Evolution

The theory of evolution states that all organisms on Earth

• appeared from nothingness

• have descended from a common ancestor

• have descended from different apex entities

• describes the origin of life

________ provide a record of species that lived long ago - supplying some of the most significant evidence of evolutionary change.

• Fossils

• Embryos

• DNA analysis

• Analogous structures

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

________ fossils provide detail patterns of evolutionary change for the ancestors of many animals

• Transitional

• Translational

• Transpositional

• Transactional

newly, evolved features, such as feathers, that do not appear in the fossils of common ancestors

• derived traits

• ancestral traits

primitive features, such as teeth and tails, that do appear in ancestral forms

• derived traits

• ancestral traits

Which fossil in the image below is the oldest?

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NGSS.MS-LS4-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-4

Why do vertebrate forelimbs have different functions but appear to be constructed of similar bones in similar ways?

• shared ancestry

• no reason

• its all a conspiracy

• different ancestry

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

The image above is an example of

• homologous structures

• analogous structures

• vestigial structures

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-4

Similarity of the structure, physiology, or development of different species of organisms based upon their descent from a common evolutionary ancestor.

• Homology

• Homoplasy

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

The wings of the organisms above is an example of

• homologous structures

• analogous structures

• vestigial structures

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NGSS.HS-LS4-1

NGSS.HS-LS4-4